Mobile operator Vodafone UK has rejigged its Mobile Broadband and included Netbook computer bundles. Prices start from £25 per month for a 1GB Mobile Broadband package and either a Samsung N130 or Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook (24 month contract). The price rises to £30 if you want a bigger 3GB usage allowance.

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Mobile operator Three (3) is offering Microsoft Office Home and Student for £59.99 to customers buying any Mobile Broadband contract. The move appears timed to coincide with a new general promotion from Microsoft that offers a FREE Office 2010 upgrade to anybody who buys Office 2007 now.

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Each year, The Queen attends the Commonwealth Day celebrations in London and gives her speech, which is special because it reflects her own personal views and not those drafted on ministerial advice. This year she chose to talk about technology and warned that access to the internet remains an "unaffordable" option for many citizens.

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The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has estimated that UK ISPs could generate direct revenue of £103m from legal digital music sales by 2013. The study, which was conducted by Ovum, found that such figures would be possible, but only if all of the country’s six largest providers ( Virgin Media , Sky Broadband , BT Retail , O2 , Orange and TalkTalk ) launched bundled digital music services this year.

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Mobile operator O2 UK has quietly killed off its 10GB usage allowance Mobile Broadband package, which had cost just less than £30 per month, came with a free USB Modem (Dongle) and Unlimited Wi-Fi. The operator apparently wants to focus on encouraging light-medium users instead. The move leaves Three (3) and Orange as the only operators with high usage packages.

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The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has announced a new national broadband campaign called 'The Final Third First' (FTF). This title refers to approximately one third of the UK population who currently are, for economic or technical reasons, unlikely ever to be able to receive a superfast ISP connection (i.e. more than the governments promised 2Mbps by 2012).

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The Government has today launched a new body, Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which will drive forward the Universal Service Commitment (USC) to deliver "at least" 2Mbps to every household by 2012. It will also manage the spend of its £1bn 'Next Generation Fund' (NGF), which comes from the controversial 50p phone line tax, to deliver next generation broadband to 90% of the country by 2017.

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The European Commission (EC) has, following several concessions by the joint company, cleared the proposed merger between Orange UK and T-Mobile UK. Perhaps the most important move was to divest 15MHz of the 60MHz held by both parties in the key 1800MHz spectrum band, which is critical for future superfast LTE Mobile Broadband services.

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